AfterMASH

Overview

AfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December 11, 1984. A spin-off of the series M*A*S*H, the show takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy. M*A*S*H supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system. Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a Korean refugee whom Klinger met, fell in love with and married in the M*A*S*H series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen."

AfterMASH premiered in the fall of 1983 in the same Monday night 9:00 P.M. EST. time slot as its predecessor M*A*S*H. It finished 10th out of all network shows for the 1983-1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 EST., opposite NBC's top ten hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a nurse's uniform, shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of The A-Team's audience. The theory, however, was proven wrong. In fact, the exact opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings and the show was canceled nine episodes into its second season, while The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.

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Episodes

S01E01 September of '53

September 26, 1983 30 min
Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy find that adjusting to civilian life isn't easy. Potter, not wanting to mark time in retirement, applies for a job at a VA hospital. Klinger spends time in jail before...

S01E02 Together Again

September 26, 1983 30 min
After ear surgery, Father Mulcahy goes on R-and-R at General Pershing, where Klinger is battling Alma to find a room for a female patient.

S01E03 Klinger vs. Klinger

October 3, 1983 30 min
Soon-Lee wants to bring her family to America; a semiconscious patient is brought in without proper papers.

S01E04 Snap, Crackle, Plop

October 10, 1983 30 min
Klinger has a day to prepare for a civil-service exam.

S01E05 Staph Inspection

October 17, 1983 30 min
A flasher and a staph carrier are on the loose just two days before and inspection by VA top brass.

S01E06 Night Shift

October 24, 1983 30 min
Myraid crises call Potter, Klinger, and Mulcahy to night duty at the hospital.

S01E07 Shall We Dance

October 31, 1983 30 min
In a campaign against depravity, Alma bans From Here to Eternity and objects to a dance for the patients.

S01E08 Little Broadcast of '53

November 7, 1983 30 min
Klinger plays disc jockey on the PA system; a new nurse is being hazed; and Father Mulcahy has to contend with one patient who won't talk and another who won't stop.

S01E09 Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

November 14, 1983 30 min
Visitors' day attracts a group that includes a car-selling faith healer, a man dying too be admitted as a patient and an acrophobe whose brother is on the third floor.

S01E10 Thanksgiving of '53

November 21, 1983 30 min
The Potters plan their first family Thanksgiving in a dozen years -- but the guest list keeps on growing.

S01E11 Fallout

December 5, 1983 30 min
Potter and Pfeiffer are thinking of leaving, but the discovery that a patient's leukemia may be linked to A-Bomb tests gives them both pause.

S01E12 Bladder Day Saints

December 12, 1983 30 min
Pfeiffer gets the needle from an obnoxious paitent with a face that Pfeiffer says ""only a proctologist could love"".

S01E13 All About Christmas Eve

December 19, 1983 30 min
Santa sprinkles surprises among his gifts to the staff and patients at the hospital.

S01E14 Chief of Staff

January 2, 1984 30 min
Potter seems to be having more than his usual load of problems at the hospital.

S01E15 C.Y.A.

January 9, 1984 30 min
Mulcahy gets entangled in red tape trying to get the VA to pay for his ear operation. A woman claims the hospital lost her son.

S01E16 Yours Truly, Max Klinger

January 16, 1984 30 min
Klinger cites examples of how ""things are always jumping"" in a letter to Radar.

S01E17 It Had To Be You

January 23, 1984 10.0 30 min
About to be married, Radar turns up at the Potters', panicky and determined to call the whole thing off.

S01E18 Odds and Ends

January 30, 1984 30 min
Klinger gambles to provide for his unborn child. Scannell goes under the knife to remove migrating shrapnel.

S01E19 Another Saturday Night

February 6, 1984 30 min
With Mildred out, Potter plans a quiet dinner, but the evening is interrupted by a stream of friends.

S01E20 Fever Pitch

February 27, 1984 30 min
Boyer is steamed because he can't get a cooling blanket for a feverish patient.

S01E21 By The Book

March 5, 1984 30 min
Klinger and Bob Scannell prospect for uranium; Potter searches for an antibiotic that hasn't been approved by the VA.

S01E22 Up and Down Payments

March 12, 1984 30 min
When Klinger goes house hunting, he winds up getting trapped by an agent.

Cast

Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan
Sherman T. Potter
Jamie Farr
Jamie Farr
Max Klinger
William Christopher
William Christopher
Father Mulcahy
Brandis Kemp
Brandis Kemp
Alma Cox
Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz
Wally Wainright
Anne Pitoniak
Anne Pitoniak
Mildred Potter
Rosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao
Soon-Lee Klinger
David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd
Dr. Boyer
Wendy Girard
Wendy Girard
Dr. Lenore Dudziak

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